Manager I, Engineering - Fabric Control Plane

The Fabric Control Plane team is responsible for building a unified control plane and service discovery infrastructure that powers our network dataplane (managed proxy fleets, RPC libraries, and sidecars). We provide Datadog engineers with feature-rich APIs and tooling to expose their services to both internal and external customers in a secure, reliable and scalable way without worrying about network interactions in distributed systems.

As our infrastructure grows, our team has also grown significantly and we need a great manager who can help accompany the growth of this young team. If you want to be part of this exciting journey of Datadog in the networking space, this is the best place to be in!

As the Engineering Manager of the Fabric Control Plane team, you will manage a team of 5+ software engineers, and will work closely with the team and your counterparts from the other infrastructure and platform teams to ensure the availability and scalability of Datadog’s most critical systems.

At Datadog, we place value in our office culture - the relationships that it builds, the creativity it brings to the table, and the collaboration of being together. We operate as a hybrid workplace to ensure our employees can create a work-life harmony that best fits them.

Who you are:

• You have managed a team of software engineers delivering large-scale infrastructure projects
• You have backend programming experience (e.g. Go, C++, Rust) and have architected, built, and operated distributed systems to solve problems at scale
• You have a solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP, DNS) as well as experience in troubleshooting Linux and network performance
• You have a BS/MS/PhD in a Computer Science, Engineering or related scientific field or equivalent professional experience

What you will do:

• Lead and cultivate a team of engineers with a diverse skill-set, including performance management and career development.
• Hold responsibility for the technical output of your team in terms of quality and quantity.
• Identify the highest impact initiatives and ensure that the team is focused on delivering those on clear timelines.
• Lead your team’s roadmap by defining inspiring objectives and breaking them down into well-defined key results.
• Ensure that the services you own have accurate SLIs and are constantly available at well-defined SLOs.
• Contribute to the team’s technical direction and architectural decisions.
• Stay in touch with your team’s code, and roll up your sleeves when needed to unblock your team by writing code or troubleshooting issues.

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply. 

Benefits and Growth: 

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (Datadog employee resource groups)
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+
• Competitive global benefits

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.